Pfingstsonntag

[p͡fɪŋstˈzɔntaːk]

/[p͡fɪŋstˈzɔntaːk]/ noun

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The verdict

“Pfingstsonntag” is uncommon German (frequency #80,781 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,781
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - christlicher Feiertag am Sonntag des Pfingstfestes

Corpus desk

Index DE-pfingstsonntag · Pfingstsonntag · German

Pfingstsonntag · rank #80,781 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,781
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Personifikati…

Nearest frequency peer: Personifikation (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Pfingstsonntag“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Pfingstsonntag“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Pfingstsonntag
PropertyValue
HeadwordPfingstsonntag
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[p͡fɪŋstˈzɔntaːk]
Letters14
Frequency rank#80,781
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Pfingstsonntag“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Pfingstsonntagfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Personifikation“ (#80,780), „Pflichterfüllung“ (#80,782), „peacock“ (#80,778). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Pfingstsonntag“ bei #80,781. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Pfingstsonntag is uncommon German at frequency #80,781 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [p͡fɪŋstˈzɔntaːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "christlicher Feiertag am Sonntag des Pfingstfestes".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Pfingstsonntag, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Pfingstsonntag, spelled P-F-I-N-G-S-T-S-O-N-N-T-A-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    christlicher Feiertag am Sonntag des Pfingstfestes

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Pfingstsonntag appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Am Pfingstsonntag machten sie einen Spaziergang durch den Wald.
  2. „Am Pfingstsonntag ging es hektisch zu.“

This word in other languages

Whitsunday(English)Domingo de Pentecostes(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Pfingstsonntag"?
"Pfingstsonntag" is spelled P-F-I-N-G-S-T-S-O-N-N-T-A-G. The IPA pronunciation is [p͡fɪŋstˈzɔntaːk].
What does "Pfingstsonntag" mean?
As a noun, "Pfingstsonntag" means: christlicher Feiertag am Sonntag des Pfingstfestes
How do you pronounce "Pfingstsonntag"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pfingstsonntag" is [p͡fɪŋstˈzɔntaːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pfingstsonntag" come from?
"Pfingstsonntag" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Pfingstsonntag", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Polizeistreife#80,794radikalisierte#80,821neonazistische#80,726Rettungsschirm#80,848

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list